PACZKI

Until I moved to Michigan I had never heard of Paczki (pronounced Punch-key) or Sweetest Day. Sweetest day is like Valentines sort of. A good time for Hallmark to sell cards. I can't remember what date it is celebrated. I seen the Paczki display today when I went to Krogers for groceries. They are a Polish tradition on Fat Tuesday. A last chance to stuff oneself before Lent. They are a round sweet roll with various fruit or custard fillings. We used to call a similar item Bismarcks in Minnesota when I was a kid. Paczki are about 450 calories each and so sickenly sweet you want to barf. The bakeries in Michigan crank them out by the thousands. People buy them by the box and take them to work to treat co-workers. I guess there is a big Polish population here to devour them all. I can't beleive I posted twice in one day....I have not eaten a Paczki today. I only ate one once in my life on Fat Tuesday in the year 2000.